Schiefer, RE2017-10-202017-10-201991http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23288A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Medicine,University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in MedicineThe effects of different thermal conditions on the performance and physiology of schoolchildren were determined. Children performed simulated school tasks in controlled indoor environments. The quality and speed of their performance on the task was recorded,as were weight, height, oral temperature, finger skin temperature and unprepared reaction time. The influence of personal parameters such as socioeconomic status was also investigatedenChildBody Temperature RegulationPhysical Conditioning, HumanThesis